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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Letters to the Editor

Hamas is to blame for Israeli, Palestinian suffering

Family and friends of fallen IDF soldier Afik Rozental, who died in a battle with Hamas militants, attend his funeral on Monday in Kfar Menachem, Israel. (Amir Levy/Getty)

I am writing out of a sense of outrage and anger. I am an American Jew who has been to Israel 10 times and has friends there. I have been to the border town of Sderot and met with the policemen and first responders there, many of whom are likely victims of the murderers. 

This past weekend, Hamas gunmen burst into Israel from Gaza and murdered in cold blood nearly 1,000 civilians, including mowing down 260 souls who were simply attending a dance festival, taking hostage 150 citizens of Israel, including children as young as toddlers and an 85-year-old woman. In the year 2023. Who, besides ISIS, does such a thing? The answer is Hamas.

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